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Cassero and Clock Tower of Castel San Pietro Terme

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Cassero and Clock Tower of Castel San Pietro Terme

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Cassero and Clock Tower of Castel San Pietro Terme

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Location: Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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1. Podere Calvanella – Calvanella Climb loop from Castel San Pietro Terme

43.1km

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2. Fegatella Spring – Sillaro Riverbed loop from Castel San Pietro Terme

48.9km

03:07

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3. Codrignano Dam – Canale dei Molini loop from Castel San Pietro Terme

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920m

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Davide

November 7, 2022

The Tower and the Cassero della Porta are the symbolic monument of the city, which officially sanctions its birth in 1199 as a bulwark for the defense of the territory of Bologna ...
The tower was originally lower ... probably at the end of 1200 it was raised to perform the function of lookout and signaling.
The Cassero, seat of the surveillance of the door and the mechanisms of the drawbridge, was perhaps first made of wood and then transformed over and over again according to the military needs of the militias who, century after century, conquered it and used it as a main defense outpost against the enemies.
In the early sixteenth century, when Bologna and Imola pass under the Papal State, the Cassero definitively loses its military connotation.
Around 1748, work was carried out to remake the roof (perhaps by transforming the roof terrace into one with two pitches), a very large and high room is obtained. It was decided to use it as a place for "public entertainment".
It is the beginning of its use as a theater, which will be modified and expanded in 1830, structuring it with stages like the theaters of the time.

In 1780 ... the current passage under the tower was opened.
During the First World War the Cassero was used as a military accommodation.
In 1916 it was struck by lightning and again renovated and used as a room for film projections, meetings, conferences.
In 1964 the ancient passage, with a Gothic arch, overlooking the ancient drawbridge was reopened. Since 2008, a new renovation has brought it back to its ancient use as a theater.
In 1842 the tower was equipped with a new and larger belfry and in 1784 with a clock, which after a few years, in 1797, would have to be changed to switch from "Italian time" to "French time".

(Source: prolococastelsanpietroterme.it/it/monumento/cassero/)

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Cassero and Clock Tower of Castel San Pietro Terme

1. Podere Calvanella – Calvanella Climb loop from Castel San Pietro Terme

2. Fegatella Spring – Sillaro Riverbed loop from Castel San Pietro Terme

3. Codrignano Dam – Canale dei Molini loop from Castel San Pietro Terme

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